US20220259998A1 - Device and method for exhaust gas post treatment and use thereof - Google Patents

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US20220259998A1
US20220259998A1 US17/627,596 US202017627596A US2022259998A1 US 20220259998 A1 US20220259998 A1 US 20220259998A1 US 202017627596 A US202017627596 A US 202017627596A US 2022259998 A1 US2022259998 A1 US 2022259998A1
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  • the invention relates to a method for the exhaust gas post treatment of an internal combustion engine, the use of a catalytic evaporator in a method of this type, a device for exhaust gas post treatment, in particular adapted to carry out the method according to the invention, and the use of this device for exhaust gas post treatment.
  • FIG. 1 a, b is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a device for exhaust gas post treatment.
  • FIG. 2 shows a view of an exemplarily usable catalytic evaporator.
  • FIG. 3 shows the principle of operation of the catalytic evaporator of FIG. 2 .
  • Exhaust gas post treatment is the term used for methods in which the combustion gases are cleaned in a mechanical, catalytic or chemical way after they have left the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine.
  • Catalysts and reducing agents such as ammonia, are used for reducing nitrogen oxides (NOx) using the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) technology.
  • SCR selective catalytic reduction
  • an aqueous urea solution is injected, from which ammonia is produced by thermolysis and hydrolysis in the further course of transport through the exhaust gas pipe.
  • Three-way catalysts can be used for reducing hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide.
  • catalytic exhaust gas post treatment i.e. the transformation or conversion rate
  • the effectiveness of catalytic exhaust gas post treatment depends crucially on the operating temperature, in addition to other factors. Below about 250° C., virtually no reactions take place. This is the reason why even modern vehicles exhibit high pollutant emissions after a cold start. In these operating states, the catalyst is not yet at operating temperature and therefore converts the emitted pollutants only inadequately.
  • the catalyst can be placed close to the engine in the exhaust gas system.
  • this entails the risk of temperatures becoming too high in other operating states, e.g. near the rated power, since temperatures of 1000° C. destroy the catalyst.
  • Good conversion rates and a long service life are given at 400° C. to 800° C.
  • the exhaust gas temperature can be raised by electric heaters or by post-injections both inside the engine and/or in the exhaust gas system.
  • the object of the invention is therefore to provide an exhaust gas post treatment, possibly including selective catalytic reduction, which allows catalytic conversion at lower temperatures.
  • a) providing a nitrogen oxide-containing raw exhaust gas b) introducing the nitrogen oxide-containing raw exhaust gas into a catalytic evaporator, c) introducing a fuel into the catalytic evaporator, as a result of which a converted fuel is obtained, d) mixing urea with the converted fuel, and e) supplying the mixture obtained according to step d) to the exhaust gas post treatment system.
  • the evaporation of the fuel in step c) changes the composition of the fuel.
  • H 2 and/or CO and/or hydrocarbons e.g. short-chain hydrocarbons with 1 to 10 C atoms, are produced, in some embodiments of the invention the components with 1-5 carbon atoms constituting the major part (>66%).
  • step e the heat of the catalytic evaporation to evaporate and convert (thermolysis and hydrolysis) urea.
  • This method is used when the exhaust gas contains nitrogen oxides.
  • a controlled system is envisaged. At engine map points where the exhaust gas contains more nitrogen oxides, it is connected. At other engine map points where combustion produces few or tolerable amounts of nitrogen oxides, the system is not active. If it is not active, the supply for air and exhaust gas is stopped.
  • the nitrogen oxide-containing raw exhaust gas can be an untreated raw exhaust gas. It can also be a treated raw exhaust gas, which is e.g. treated with a particulate filter and/or diesel oxidation catalyst.
  • Steps b) and c) can be carried out at the same time.
  • the mixture in step e), can be supplied directly into the exhaust gas post treatment system or by introducing it into the exhaust gas line leading from the engine to the exhaust gas post treatment system.
  • the method according to the invention was developed on the basis of the catalytic evaporation technology, which is known per se.
  • This method uses nitrogen oxide-containing raw exhaust gas from an engine, liquid fuel and a urea solution.
  • the catalytic conversion of the fuel in the catalytic evaporator generates heat within the system. In this way, the system becomes much more independent of engine operation. It thus becomes possible to produce reducing agent from the aqueous urea solution in a manner that is independent of the engine operation, in particular of the exhaust gas temperature and exhaust gas mass flow.
  • the method according to the invention generates from the added fuel hydrogen and hydrocarbons, e.g. ethene, which are used as additional reactant, i.e. reducing agent, for the SCR system of the EGT.
  • the supplied quantities of urea solution and fuel are the usual quantities used in the catalytic evaporator operation known per se.
  • the nitrogen oxide-containing raw exhaust gas added to the catalytic evaporator can be a part of the usual engine exhaust gases, i.e. a part of the engine exhaust gas stream can be branched off and provided in step a) as nitrogen oxide-containing raw exhaust gas which is introduced into the catalytic evaporator.
  • a division can be effected by flaps or slides in the exhaust gas line, which can be driven accordingly.
  • the raw exhaust gas can also be discharged directly from the engine and supplied to the catalytic evaporator.
  • the method according to the invention advantageously achieves that, in contrast to heating the entire exhaust gas stream according to the prior art, only a small partial stream of the nitrogen oxide-containing raw exhaust gas needs to be heated.
  • the conversion of the fuel also generates further heat that does not have to be introduced electrically.
  • For a catalytic conversion only the catalyst needs to be heated.
  • the reactions can be controlled by varying the reactant streams.
  • catalytic evaporators can be used that are known per se from the prior art. A person skilled in the art also knows how they can be operated in principle. An example of a catalytic evaporator that can be used in the method according to the invention is described in DE 10 2015 120 106 A1, to which full reference is made with respect to the design details and the mode of operation.
  • the catalytic evaporator used in the method according to the invention can have a catalyst, which can be applied e.g. to a support.
  • the support with the catalyst can be placed in a reaction vessel in such a way that an intermediate space is formed between the inner surface of the reaction vessel and the catalyst surface.
  • the liquid fuel can be added to the inner surface of the reactor wall of a catalytic evaporator while an oxidant, e.g. air, is supplied to the catalyst side.
  • an oxidant e.g. air
  • a small portion of the fuel oxidizes over the catalyst and the heat generated in this process is used to completely evaporate the fuel.
  • the heat is mainly transferred by thermal radiation from the hot catalyst surface to the surface of the fuel.
  • the reactor wall to which the fuel is applied is colder than the fuel itself. No deposits or incrustations are formed.
  • the nitrogen oxide-containing raw exhaust gas supplied in step a) can contain residual oxygen. If the concentration of residual oxygen in the raw exhaust gas is sufficient, this can be sufficient as an oxidant to operate the catalytic evaporator. If the residual oxygen concentration in the nitrogen oxide-containing raw exhaust gas is too low, it is possible in one embodiment to further introduce an oxidant into the catalytic evaporator in step c). This oxidant is an additional oxidant to the residual oxygen in the raw exhaust gas.
  • An oxidant of this type can be oxygen or an oxygen-containing medium, in particular air. The amount of oxidant can here be chosen so as to achieve the usual amounts of oxidant in a catalytic evaporator.
  • the air can come from the environment and optionally be charged by a turbocharger.
  • the mixture formed according to step d) can include hydrogen (H 2 ) as a reducing agent. Furthermore, the mixture can additionally include NH 3 , CO, hydrocarbons, e.g. ethene, and mixtures thereof.
  • an individual reducing agent can be provided depending on the operating point in the engine map.
  • the provision of this reducing agent in the method according to the invention increases the activity of the SCR system and thus the reduction of nitrogen oxides in the engine exhaust gas.
  • the advantage is particularly effective at cold start and other operating points with a cold exhaust gas post treatment system.
  • the exhaust gas post treatment system can comprise a device for thermolysis and hydrolysis, such as a hydrolysis catalyst, and a device for the selective catalytic reduction (SCR).
  • a device for thermolysis and hydrolysis such as a hydrolysis catalyst
  • SCR selective catalytic reduction
  • Devices of this type are known per se so that a person skilled in the art knows how they are designed and how they can be operated.
  • the device for thermolysis and hydrolysis and the device for SCR in housings that are separate from one another.
  • the device for thermolysis and hydrolysis can be located in the partial exhaust gas stream or in the main exhaust gas stream.
  • the urea can be used in the form of a urea solution, e.g. an aqueous urea solution, in particular a 32.5 percent urea solution.
  • a urea solution e.g. an aqueous urea solution, in particular a 32.5 percent urea solution. This solution has been found to be particularly suitable for exhaust gas post treatment systems.
  • mixing of the urea solution with the evaporated fuel can take place upstream of or in the exhaust system.
  • the mixture from step d) is introduced into an exhaust gas post treatment system. This can be done by introducing this mixture into the exhaust system connecting the engine to the exhaust post treatment system.
  • Mixing of the urea solution, which can possibly be evaporated, with the evaporated fuel can be carried out prior to the supply to the exhaust gas system and/or in the exhaust gas system.
  • the mixture from step d) can first be supplied to the device for hydrolysis and the product obtained therefrom can subsequently be supplied to the device for SCR.
  • the exhaust gas post treatment possibly including the selective catalytic reduction, can already be operated at a temperature of about 170° C. or about 180° C. or about 190° C. or about 200° C. This means, therefore, that with the method according to the invention, exhaust gas post treatments can already start and be carried out at significantly lower temperatures than known in the prior art.
  • the method according to the invention can be used for converting nitrogen oxides for SCR systems of any type of internal combustion engines operating with an SCR system for the reduction of NOx emissions.
  • the subject matter of the invention is further to use a catalytic evaporator, as described in detail above, in a method according to the invention, as also described in detail above.
  • the reducing agent includes hydrogen, hydrocarbons, in particular ethene, ammonia and/or carbon monoxide.
  • a device for exhaust gas post treatment e.g. including SCR, the device comprising:
  • adapted indicates that the corresponding lines are designed in such a way that the materials to be supplied therein can be conducted without any negative effects, i.e. they are e.g. inert with respect to the materials to be conducted. Furthermore, the term “adapted” also indicates that the corresponding lines are connected to reservoirs having the materials to be supplied.
  • the device according to the invention is particularly suitable for carrying out the above described method according to the invention. Therefore, design details and the operation of the device also result from the above representations of the method according to the invention.
  • the exhaust gas post treatment system comprises a device for hydrolysis and a device for selective catalytic reduction known per se.
  • a device for hydrolysis can comprise, for example, a hydrolysis catalyst.
  • a device for selective catalytic reduction can comprise, for example, a catalyst for selective catalytic reduction.
  • the device for hydrolysis and the device for selective catalytic reduction can be provided in different housings from each other. This makes it possible to install these devices independently of one another at different locations of the device according to the invention and still to carry out a coherent exhaust gas treatment.
  • the device for hydrolysis can be located in the partial exhaust gas stream or in the main exhaust gas stream.
  • the device according to the invention can further comprise a urea evaporator adapted to evaporate the urea solution before mixing it with the evaporated fuel.
  • a urea evaporator adapted to evaporate the urea solution before mixing it with the evaporated fuel.
  • the space for mixing can be the discharge line and/or the exhaust gas system.
  • the device can further comprise an oxidant supply line to the catalytic evaporator adapted to introduce oxidant into the catalytic evaporator.
  • oxidant for example oxygen or air
  • the raw exhaust gas does not have the necessary residual oxygen concentration.
  • the subject matter of the invention relates to the use of the device, as described above, for exhaust gas post treatment, including a selective catalytic reduction.
  • FIG. 1 a schematically shows a device with a catalytic evaporator 1 , which is explained in more detail in FIGS. 3 and 4 below, for exhaust gas post treatment.
  • An engine 10 e.g. a diesel engine, is used in the usual manner to operate a motor vehicle, fuel and air being supplied to the engine.
  • the resulting nitrogen oxide-containing raw exhaust gases are discharged from the engine 10 through an exhaust gas system 9 .
  • These nitrogen oxide-containing raw exhaust gases from the engine 10 are supplied to a device for exhaust gas post treatment 8 .
  • the exhaust gas post treatment 8 has a device for hydrolysis 81 , e.g. a hydrolysis catalyst, and a device for the selective catalytic reduction 82 .
  • the device for hydrolysis 81 and the device for selective catalytic reduction are located in separate housings. At least a portion of the nitrogen oxide-containing raw exhaust gas is branched off via the raw exhaust gas supply line 2 upstream of the exhaust gas system 9 and supplied to the catalytic evaporator 1 . Fuel is supplied to the catalytic evaporator 1 from a fuel reservoir 4 via a fuel supply line 3 . Via an oxidant supply line 13 , an oxidant, for example air, can be supplied to the catalytic evaporator 1 , if necessary. The fuel evaporated in the catalytic evaporator 1 is discharged from the catalytic evaporator 1 via the discharge line 7 .
  • the urea solution is introduced into the discharge line 7 from the urea reservoir 5 via a urea supply line 6 .
  • the discharge line 7 functions as a space for mixing 12 evaporated fuel and urea.
  • the device for hydrolysis 81 which is part of the exhaust gas post treatment system 8 , is separate from the device for SCR 82 .
  • the device for hydrolysis 81 is located downstream of the space for mixing 12 and upstream of the exhaust gas system 9 , whereas the device for SCR 82 is provided downstream of the exhaust gas system 9 at a place after the mixture from the catalytic evaporator 1 has been supplied to the exhaust gas system 9 .
  • FIG. 1 b shows a further embodiment of the device according to the invention, It corresponds to the device illustrated in FIG. 1 a , the device for hydrolysis 81 being disposed in the exhaust gas system (main exhaust gas stream) 9 .
  • FIG. 2 shows a catalytic evaporator 1 as can be used in the method according to the invention.
  • the catalytic evaporator 1 has a catalyst 112 which is applied to a metal mesh 113 . It is possible to use as catalyst 112 and as metal mesh 113 materials that are known from the prior art.
  • the metal mesh 113 with the catalyst 112 can be present in a reaction vessel 114 .
  • the diagram in FIG. 2 is shown in such a way that the catalyst 112 with the metal mesh 113 is pulled out of the reaction vessel 114 . If the catalyst 112 with the metal mesh 113 is pushed into the reaction vessel, an intermediate space is formed on the metal mesh 113 between the inner surface 115 of the reaction vessel 114 and the surface of the catalyst 112 .
  • FIG. 3 schematically shows the mode of operation of the catalytic evaporator illustrated in FIG. 2 .
  • the fuel is applied to the lower surface of the reactor vessel 114 , while the untreated raw exhaust gas and, if necessary, a further oxidant are supplied to the catalyst side.
  • a small portion of the fuel oxidizes over the catalyst 112 and the heat generated in this process is used to completely evaporate the fuel.
  • the heat is predominantly transferred by thermal radiation from the hot surface of the catalyst 112 to the surface of the fuel film.
  • the wall of the reactor vessel 114 to which the fuel is applied can here be colder than the fuel itself. Thus, no deposits or incrustations are formed.
  • the phrases “at least one of ⁇ A>, ⁇ B>, . . . and ⁇ N>” or “at least one of ⁇ A>, ⁇ B>, . . . or ⁇ N>” or “at least one of ⁇ A>, ⁇ B>, . . . ⁇ N>, or combinations thereof” or “ ⁇ A>, ⁇ B>, . . . and/or ⁇ N>” are defined by the Applicant in the broadest sense, superseding any other implied definitions hereinbefore or hereinafter unless expressly asserted by the Applicant to the contrary, to mean one or more elements selected from the group comprising A, B, . . and ⁇ N>”
  • phrases mean any combination of one or more of the elements A, B, . . . or N including any one element alone or the one element in combination with one or more of the other elements which may also include, in combination, additional elements not listed.
  • a” or “an” means “at least one” or “one or more.”

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